Alan Mackenzie writes: > On my PC's audio, whilst playing CDs, with all volume settings maxed > out, the volume can't be said to be louder than "comfortable and > sensible". In quiet passages, the music gets drowned out by the noise > of the power supply. I know from plugging in my iPod that the > loudspeakers are capable of much more. > > The three volume controls up at full are (i) the one in aqualung; (ii) > the one in alsamixer; (iii) the physical control on the right speaker.
The ONE in alsamixer? I have at least PCM, Front and CD, another PC also has Master. Are you missing some of those? Is a channel muted (you see 'MM' inmstead of a volume, use the M key to unmute)? Maybe you have to scroll with the right arrow key to see those channels? Wonko